Culinary Cues

AUGUST 31, 2020

Rest assured, at some point restaurants will rise up again, clubs and hotels will measure success based on occupancy and food service activity, and the position of “chef” will be center stage in driving sales and measuring profitability. I am the chef” has oftentimes been a statement that points to his or her authority over others.

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Leadership Point of Sale Training Coaching 471

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2024

percent sales increase by 1.5 percentage points to 3.8 percent rise in prices means that sales growth may barely keep up with inflation. percent rise in prices means that sales growth may barely keep up with inflation. Although these expectations are in line with pre-pandemic growth rates, the projected 3.7

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 5, 2022

We can now identify and reward highly engaged members of our team while providing the proactive coaching others need to excel at their job.". The term “ restaurant technology " is thrown around a lot, and it's understandable why restaurant owners and employees are skeptical when they hear it. Helping Restaurants Save Time on Scheduling.

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Back of House Point of Sale Front of House Coaching 368

Culinary Cues

JUNE 3, 2024

Are you serious about cooking, creating, coaching a team, and contributing to the success of a business? How eager are you to reach that position of chef? Are you hungry enough to do what you need to do, to build a plan and stick with it? If the answers are, YES, then sit down – let’s talk. Besides when you look good, you feel good.

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Uniforms Coaching Point of Sale Small Business 434

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2020

In response to Coronavirus concerns: Danny Meyer tweeted that The Modern would be closed for a day and every inch sanitized after a guest tested positive for COVID-19, despite being told by the NYS Health Commissioner says no risk of transmission; “Team & guests come first,” the hospitality leader concluded. Eat healthier.”

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Cash Management Food Supply 516

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Operators should gravitate towards technology to automate inventory and track costs and sales to determine the best course of action. We also foresee a lot of companies will redesign locations even further to maximize efficiency. To that end, we also foresee a lot of companies will redesign locations even further to maximize efficiency.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 3, 2022

While money isn't everything, it's one of the biggest pain points for restaurant workers right now. According to Jim Taylor, a restaurant coach at BenchmarkSixty , restaurants can afford to pay employees more by looking for efficiencies in their productivity. 8 Reasons Why Restaurant Workers Quit — And How To Prevent It.

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Tip Distribution Email Marketing Communication Coaching 397

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

Participants in MyChange with SaverLife receive access to the national SaverLife platform and the opportunity to participate in national savings challenges, access financial education articles, engage in forums and accumulate redeemable points for a chance to win prizes. “We are very excited about our partnership with SaverLife. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

The brand’s commitment to each guest service experience is the focal point of upcoming menu innovation, value-based choices, and a portfolio of new organic food and beverage educational content. Additional 2020 Award Recipients: Top Delivery Sales : Lance and Blake Condray, Campbell, CA. million guests.

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7 Shifts

JULY 28, 2021

Instead, you should hit all on the following points: Any promotions you have running. This is when you can transition from a boss to a coach by keeping your staff informed and encouraged. You would think something as second nature to people as communication would be easy to manage in the workplace. Table of Contents. Field questions.

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Communication Management Management Front of House 430

7 Shifts

JULY 27, 2022

The team started by importing about a year's worth of sales data from their Xilnex point-of-sale into 7shifts to get the ball rolling on projections. “We The team got instant access to sales projections based on real, historical data. The team got instant access to sales projections based on real, historical data.

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Point of Sale Franchise Franchising 2005 195

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

With the acquisition of Johnny Rockets, FAT Brands will have more than 700 franchised and company owned restaurants around the globe with annual system-wide sales exceeding $700 million. The Main Course. "We always viewed a podcast as a natural extension of the MRM brand," said Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia. "When Brands Inc.

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Kitchen Safety Loyalty Program Delivery Customer Service 515

Embrace the Suck

DECEMBER 25, 2019

They get a commission based on overall sales for their territory. They basically work for their sales team. Having worked as a consultant for a large foodservice distributor for 4 years, I learned a lot about their business. A lot of stuff they don’t want you to know! In foodservice, it’s their operations team.

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Food Truck Food Tip Distribution Audits 296

EATER

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

According to the NPD Group, a market research company that tracks book sales, Americans bought 2 million digital cookbooks in 2019 versus nearly 20 million print books. million digital books and almost 23 million in print, but digital cookbook sales sagged through May, even as print sales continued upward.

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Embrace the Suck

APRIL 18, 2022

Sales is a vanity metric. Many of my clients when they first start my coaching program do a big sales number. I’ve had restaurants making $3M in sales and yet only making 2% profit. They focus on the wrong things. What are some of the wrong things? It makes your ego feel good. You see it’s just three rings.

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Embrace the Suck

JUNE 13, 2022

I want to share with you some of the challenges that I faced back in the 90s when I opened my first restaurant… Up to that point I had been in the industry for 15 years. He said that he didn’t realize (at the time) that fire truck sales are more about government contracts and relationships. I had to change.

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Back of House Food Truck Point of Sale Take-out 44

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics. Ono Food Co.

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ChowNow

MARCH 10, 2021

They save 25% or more on every sale compared to commission-based online ordering services. My sales have been increasing, like week over week. Every restaurant we work with gets paired with a Restaurant Success Manager, who is their single point of contact for all of their needs. Where can I read ChowNow reviews?

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Online Ordering Email Marketing Loyalty Program Website Management 195

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. More Tropical in Colorado. Tropical Smoothie Cafe signed two multi-unit franchise agreements to develop 38 new cafes across the state of Colorado, including a 27-unit deal and an 11-unit deal.

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Franchise Franchising Loyalty Program Book 275

SpotOn

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A quick search for “Beer City, USA” will point you to Grand Rapids, MI, a city that owes its growth partly to barley, hops, water, and yeast. A single-location brewery that has grown from drinks-only to a full food menu that makes up 60% of sales, Big Lake credits the pandemic for instilling flexibility into its DNA.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

BWW Franchisee Acquisition Completed. CV Partners, LLC, completed the previously announced acquisition of Diversified Restaurant Holdings, Inc. (“DRH”), one of the largest franchisees for Buffalo Wild Wings® ("BWW") with 64 sports bars across five states. DRH’s common stockholders received $1.05 per share in cash.

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Franchise Franchising Customer Experience Customer Service 364

Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. After experiencing the softest sales growth results in over a year during this past June and July, the restaurant industry has since enjoyed a strong rebound in its sales that started in August and has extended into October.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Healthcare Professionals – Including physicians, clinicians, nurses, nutritionists, health and wellness coaches, focused on the nutritional benefits of a plant-based diet for the reversal and prevention of chronic diseases and for optimal human performance. Plant Based World Comes to the UK in 2020. and Plant Based News.

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Retail Consumer Goods Point of Sale Innovation 226

Perfect Daily Grind

JANUARY 23, 2023

Coaching and training Wilford Lamastus Jr. If a competitor wants to perform well at the WBC, one of the biggest costs is to hire a coach – preferably a ‘famous’ one,” he says. There are a number of competitions in specialty coffee designed to test the skills and knowledge of industry professionals.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 29, 2023

He joined us on the Pre-Shift podcast to chat about bartaco's embrace of tech, their unique approach to training and career development, radical wage structure, and how all of those practices have them poised for growth in 2023. And now we're starting to get a little bit more of the purpose-driven, of 'what do you stand for?

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Front of House Back of House Tip Distribution Coaching 195

Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A higher average table turnover rate may mean that more guests can be served right at the table in a given period of time, which can lead to increased sales and revenue. A higher average table turnover rate may mean that more guests can be served right at the table in a given period of time, which can lead to increased sales and revenue.

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Gecko Hospitality

MARCH 10, 2023

While some advantages in leadership ability may come naturally to certain individuals, many of the most crucial skills and talents are developed through education and experience. And while having an innate “leader spark” is certainly helpful – it’s those honed abilities ultimately determining success or failure at leading others.

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Hospitality Leadership Coaching Seminar 98

Lavu

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Know these five restaurant accounting practices to be in control of your business’s profitability and budget. As the owner or manager of a restaurant, when you’re aiming to grow profitability, accounting is an area where you need to be comfortable. 5 Concepts of Restaurant Accounting. Cost of Goods Sold. Unavoidable Restaurant Expenses.

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Margin Edge

JULY 10, 2019

Yet that is how much of a chef or restaurateur’s time is spent: manually entering invoices, taking inventory counts with paper and a clipboard or reviewing sales results from a point-of-sale system and trying to reconcile them with the purchasing and food cost data kept separately on spreadsheets.

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Management Management Point of Sale 2019 74

OneDine

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Coach: Restaurant Owners and Operators In football, the coach is the mastermind behind every play, orchestrating the team’s strategy. The Coach: Restaurant Owners and Operators In football, the coach is the mastermind behind every play, orchestrating the team’s strategy.

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SpotOn

MARCH 19, 2024

SpotOn was named by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in 2024, joining past winners like OpenAI, AirBnB, and Microsoft. Listed as number 9 in the dining category by Fast Company , SpotOn was recognized for its continuous innovation with products like Seat & Send and Marketing Assist. It's for their staff.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2021

When you are able to lower your prime cost, even by a few percentage points, that is profit added back directly to your bottom line. As you work to empower your managers, think about the process as more like a coach and make sure all your managers understand your approach. Rethinking manager accountability and empowerment.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2021

When you are able to lower your prime cost, even by a few percentage points, that is profit added back directly to your bottom line. As you work to empower your managers, think about the process as more like a coach and make sure all your managers understand your approach. Rethinking manager accountability and empowerment.

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Management Management Point of Sale Food Supply 78

Qu

MARCH 12, 2025

A new Skip button provides clear navigation for bypassing cross-sale opportunities when relevant while maintaining consistency with existing cross-sale rules and logic across all POS interfaces. Staff can maximize sales without compromising service speed, establishing additional revenue streams during drive-thru transactions.

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Tip Distribution Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Customer Service 40

Hot Schedules

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Increase sales. The less planning a company does upfront to create accurate sales and labor forecasts, the more that is going to impact their business performance down the line. At some point, you have to get scientific about your operations and your labor to stay ahead of shifting market conditions and the competition.

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Hot Schedules

MARCH 29, 2019

Increase sales. The less planning a company does upfront to create accurate sales and labor forecasts, the more that is going to impact their business performance down the line. At some point, you have to get scientific about your operations and your labor to stay ahead of shifting market conditions and the competition.

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Management Management Point of Sale Coaching 60

Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Generate accurate sales forecasts Forecasting accurately is the number one key driver to ensuring your locations are staffed properly for busy spikes throughout the week and days. Train, train, and train again on POS (Point of Sales) Train for speed and accuracy on the POS and remember: There’s no such thing as “too much training”.

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2024 Point of Sale Customer Service Seasonal Menu 52